Buffer overflow in BlueZ - CVE-2016-9801
Published: December 2, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23115
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9801
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the set_ext_ctrl() function in tools/parser/l2cap.c. A local user can pass a specially crafted dump file, trigger a buffer overflow and crash application.
Affected software
BlueZ
How to mitigate CVE-2016-9801
Install updates from vendor's website.
BlueZ - update to 5.43